Time flies in the middle of cultivation, and three months pass in a blink of an eye.

During these three months, Mao Rui practiced in a wooden barrel with his registered disciples on a regular basis, then studied with two senior brothers to learn combat skills, and finally recovered from the injuries he had sustained in battle.

It is worth mentioning that the eight registered disciples left one after another halfway, some of them could not bear the pain of cultivation and gave up on their own, and some were forced to leave because they were not physically suitable for cultivating the "Burning Heaven and Transforming Bones".

At the beginning, there were eight people, and now there is only a little guy named Hao Xia left.

"Senior brother, after today, I can try to turn bones, do you think I can pass?" Hao Xia's nervous and immature voice came from the wooden barrel next door.

For three months, soaking together every day, the little guy is no longer as bored with Mao Rui as he was at the beginning, and he can still say a few words from time to time.

For example, this Hao Xia is respectful in front of Jiang Zhen and Zhu Yangping, and he doesn't even dare to breathe every time he meets, but he is much more relaxed when facing Mao Rui.

After today, Hao Xia's soaking is complete, and as long as he can successfully transform his bones, he can become the fourth disciple of Liandu.

Jin Hong's existence was a secret, only the four people present at the time knew about it, and Hao Xia didn't know that there were already four senior brothers in front of him.

"Don't worry, you've been halfway through the success until now, and the rest is as long as you can complete the bone transformation once in half a month. Mao Rui was relieved.

"The second senior brother was promoted from a registered disciple to a personal disciple forty years ago, and there were two more batches in between, and they both failed. Hao Xia was still worried.

Not everyone is suitable for cultivating the Burning Sky and Transforming the Bone, and the body must meet certain conditions. Therefore, Lian Du does not accept registered disciples every year, but only recruits a batch every few years or even decades.

After layers of testing, in the end, there is less than one hundred left like Hao Xia. And these 100% still have to face the last test: whether they can successfully transform their bones within half a month after the completion of soaking.

If you succeed, you will become a disciple like Zhu Yangping, and if you fail, you will be given a few more days to try on the basis of half a month, and if you still fail, you will go back and forth from where.

After all, Hao Xia is still a ten-year-old child, and it is inevitable that he will think this way near the last moment.

"Why don't I tell you about my first cultivation?" said Mao Rui in his barrel.

"Really? "Hao Xia only knew that this third senior brother was from a small world, and he had already cultivated the Bronze Bone Realm to perfection before Bai Liandu became his teacher. I have always been very curious about this senior brother, but I don't know how to speak on weekdays, but now that Mao Rui took the initiative to mention it, he was naturally willing to listen.

"I, I wasn't as comfortable as you at the time, the materials were already prepared, and someone told you how to cultivate. I was..."

In this way, while reminiscing, Mao Rui talked about the time when he cultivated the Burning Sky and Transforming Bones. How he cultivated and how he felt when he turned into a bone for the first time all said it one by one.

After finishing, at Hao Xia's request, Mao Rui also told him some things about the earth.

"My hometown is called the earth, and the ocean occupies 70% of the area, and we live on 30% of the land. The aura of the earth is very poor, so not everyone with spiritual roots has the conditions to cultivate, and before I came here, mortals didn't know that there were still monks..."

In this way, the time spent soaking in the liquid was spent between Mao Rui's narration and Hao Xia's occasional questions.

Hao Xia was listening to it with relish, but he heard Mao Rui say: "Okay, let's talk about it today, and I will continue next time I have time." ”

"Senior brother, let's talk about it again. Hao Xia hadn't heard enough of it, so he prayed there. As a native of the Great Realm of the Heavens, Hao Xia is very curious about the small world.

"Tell me, your barrel is dry, how long do you want to stay in it?"

"Ahh

"Senior brother, I'll go first. "The Iron Bone Realm soaked in the potion for a longer time, and Hao Xia greeted him and walked out.

"Stop, what's the hurry, just try to turn bones here. Mao Rui called out to stop him.

Hao Xia thought about it, this is not bad, at least there is someone next to him to guide.

"Senior brother, I'm ready. After setting up the stance, Hao Xia said to the Maorui barrel.

"Let's go, I'm watching. How could Mao Rui not understand the meaning of the little guy's words, and said lightly.

Hao Xia responded and began to run "Burning Sky and Turning Bones". After a few minutes, nothing changed, Hao Xia sighed, and there was obvious disappointment on his little face.

"Come again. Mao Rui said lightly.

Hao Xia adjusted his state and started again.

"Go on. From the barrel came a calm voice.

Hao Xia began his third attempt.

"Reply, continue. ”

...

"Come on. ”

...

"Think about what you've been suffering for the past three months, and now you're failing what it is. ”

Hao Xia nodded vigorously after hearing this, not thinking about the previous failures, and running "Burning Sky and Turning Bones" again.

This time, a bronze light shone on Hao Xia's body, and his body contracted at a speed visible to the naked eye. Hao Xia had a pained expression on his face, and beads of sweat rolled down his face, which had begun to become shriveled.

With a scream, all the flesh and blood on Hao Xia's body vanished, leaving behind a skeleton with a few drops of bronze-colored spots.

The skeleton seemed to be very excited, and when the head turned, he looked at his whole body with his hollow eye sockets, and his upper and lower jaws collided with each other, making a sound like the friction of gold and iron: "Senior brother, I succeeded." ”

Mao Rui was also happy for this little guy in his heart, and just wanted to say a few words of congratulations, he saw that the flesh and blood on Hao Xia's body, which looked like bones in his consciousness, grew rapidly, changed back to its original state, and then fainted to the ground with a plop.

"Ah, I really didn't tell him that the first bone transformation would be overconsumed and cause a coma. Mao Rui saw Hao Xia faint and complained, then ignored it and continued to soak his medicinal liquid.

It's just that he collapsed and fell unconscious, so let the little guy lie on the ground for a while, it's not a big deal.

An hour later, Mao Rui finished soaking, left the barrel to contact the bones, picked up Hao Xia on the ground, carried it on his shoulders and walked towards Liandu.

"What's wrong with Hao Xia?" Seeing Mao Rui carrying Hao Xia over, Lian Du couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing, the first time the bone transformation consumes a lot of money, and I fainted. Mao Rui explained casually.

"Nonsense, the first bone transformation has to be carried out in a specific formation, aren't you harmful?" Lian Du shook his head and said.

Mao Rui's eyes widened, formation, what formation? That's how I practiced at the beginning, but you told me that I still need formation assistance for the first time to turn bones?

"What happens if you don't be in the formation?" This matter must be asked, after all, he was not in any specific formation for the first time.

Lian Du had already understood from Mao Rui's expression, it turned out that this kid didn't know the formation. Shaking his head, he explained: "The function of the formation is only to increase the success rate and replenish the consumption, and it is nothing if you don't do the first bone transformation in the formation, but you will pass out like Hao Xia is now." ”

"Now that the bones have been successfully transformed, there is no need to worry about any sequelae. Take him back to his lodgings, and let him see me in three days, and recuperate for three days, during which he shall not perform any more bone transformation. ”

Lian Du could think that Mao Rui must have had a lot of nonsense when he was cultivating at the beginning, so he specially instructed him to avoid Hao Xia imitating and hurting his foundation.

Mao Rui nodded, carried Hao Xia and left. Halfway through, Mao Rui suddenly turned around and asked, "That... Hao Xia, he didn't know that the first bone transformation had to be carried out in the formation, right?"

"I don't know. Lian Du said angrily.

Mao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, it's good that he doesn't know, otherwise the little guy will have to blame him.

After coming to Hao Xia's room, putting it on the bed, and writing down the things that Lian Du explained on a sheet, Mao Rui went to Jiang Zhen and Zhu Yangping to learn from him.

Half a month later, Mao Rui's soaking had also ended, and now after the bones, there were already crimson spots on the bronze bones. It was crimson instead of the original black, and the Iron Bone Realm cultivated by using Wind Rust Iron Essence was already very different from what Mao Rui knew.

Fortunately, it was only red and not rusty, which made Mao Rui feel a lot more at ease.

Now that he has just cultivated to the Iron Bone Realm, his physical strength has only been strengthened slightly, what is special about this Wind Rust Iron Essence, I can't see it yet, I have to complete the Iron Bone Realm, and my whole body will turn red to understand.

"It's almost time to lay the groundwork. Mao Rui muttered to himself.

In the foundation building period of the heart, the realm that Mao Rui would yearn for every time he was hungry finally came.

He first went back to his territory and picked a total of five Cloud Spirit Fruits from the two Cloud Spirit Fruit Trees. After learning from Cao Ling that there was no major incident in the territory during this time, he summoned Hua Jianbai and asked him to buy some formation materials from Fang City.

Mao Rui Zhuji is different from others, according to the record of "Pulseless Formula", people who cultivate "Pulseless Formula" have to experience a heavenly tribulation every time they succeed in advancement.

Mao Rui didn't know how powerful his Heavenly Tribulation was, but since the Boundless Old Man mentioned it, he must be not weak, and if he was not careful, he would probably die.

Waiting for Hua Jianbai to buy the materials, he said to a few slaves and went back to Liandu.

After all, after coming to the Great Realm of the Heavens, he had already waited for many people, and Mao Rui did not dare to break through in his own territory, in case someone interfered and caused the failure of the advancement, his life would be gone.

And in Liandu, it's different, the main chassis of the dignified deputy cabinet, which one dares to trespass?

first told Lian Du about what he wanted to advance, and at Mao Rui's request, Lian Du agreed to protect the Dharma for him.

Finding a clearing in the metal mountain, Mao Rui began to lay out the formation. Advancement must rely on oneself, formations will not help, these formations arranged by Mao Rui are used to fight against the Heavenly Tribulation after advancement.

After the formation was prepared, Mao Rui sat cross-legged in the middle of the formation, took out the cloud spirit fruit and began to eat it.

In fact, Mao Rui currently lacks the storage aura, as long as three cloud spirit fruits are enough, and the extra two are just in case.